US VIrgin Islands
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Maid Spikeion
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US VIrgin Islands
Hello, here are a few pics of cacti I thought I'd share from the US Virgin Islands. Sorry, again I don't know what they are. I'm not even sure that they are native actually... but there were a lot of them around the shorelines. There were whopper iguanas climbing all around the vegetation... I even saw some crawling over the cacti:)
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- broad view of cacti area
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- cacti growing up rocks
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- whopper iguana!
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- cacti on coast
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- two types of cacti
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Re: US VIrgin Islands
Beautiful! Not sure what the cacti are. I love the places to which you travel!@
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gemhunter178
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Re: US VIrgin Islands
Whatever the cacti are, nice pics! 
A cactus and succulent collector who especially likes Ariocarpus. …Though I have a bit of everything! Want some pictures? See my flickr! I also do art and such.
Re: US VIrgin Islands
I may have to head down to the USVI. Looks beautiful, and I do love exploring that area!
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Re: US VIrgin Islands
Hello! Awesome pics! I would say that those are Pilosocereus royenii - which is the most prominent cactus in the Caribbean and runs rampant on many of the islands. Not sure about the Opuntiad, but it looks a bit like O. ficus-indica - which I'm sure can be found there.
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Peterthecactusguy
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Re: US VIrgin Islands
think it's Opuntia (nopalea) cochenifera or something like that. If it is a true Opuntia maybe O. tomentosa? At least those appear to be the closest that I have. I think the pads are too think for O.ficus-indica
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
Re: US VIrgin Islands
Could the opontiad be Consuela falcata?? They colonie nearby Carribean Islands. I have a 10 inch seeling on my screened lanai. Since I live in zone 9B I won't attempt to plant outside I will have to keep it small. Bobby Z
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Peterthecactusguy
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Re: US VIrgin Islands
Dunno, my C. falata is very spiny. And yeah I can't grow it outside. The Opuntiad in the picture looks like a Nopalea (which are lumped with Opuntia now)
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
Re: US VIrgin Islands
Whatever the opontiads are called, the VI are paradise. It has been several years since I visited so I should do it again soon sip some Crzan rum and wait to see the green flash on the Carribean as the sun goes down. The sunset on palm trees and cacti are paradise for us eastcoasters as Hawaii is too far to travel for now. Bobby Z
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Hmmmm. Interesting thoughts. I wonder is that "too far" of yours any closer than mine?BobbyZ wrote: The sunset on palm trees and cacti are paradise for us eastcoasters as Hawaii is too far to travel for now.
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BrookeGems
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Re: US VIrgin Islands
Virgin Island is one of the dynamic place to visit on the face of this earth..I am just truly admired by it's long coastal regions and eye catching beaches..
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